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Ministry of Power
NHPC Ltd provides Cold Chain Equipment for Covid-19 Vaccination to Government of Arunachal Pradesh
NHPC Ltd's 2880 MW Dibang multipurpose project  has provided Cold Chain Equipment for Covid-19 vaccination programme to Government of Arunachal Pradesh under Corporate Social Responsibility.
25 Ice lined Refrigerators were handed over to Dr. E. Rumi, Director of Family Welfare, Government of Arunachal Pradesh yesterday. Prior to this, 13 Deep Freezers had been handed over to Arunachal Government last week on 07.01.2021. The cold chain equipment have been provided at a cost of Rs 29.7 Lakh.
NHPC Ltd is India's premier hydro power utility, a Mini Ratna category PSU under Ministry of Power.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
India and Finland sign MOU for developing cooperation in the field of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation.
MoU will send a positive signal to the World towards real co-operation in the field of Climate Change: Shri Prakash Javadekar
India and Finland today signeda MOU for developing cooperation between two countries in the field of Environment protection and biodiversity conservation.
The MoU is a platform to further advance Indian and Finnish partnership and support, exchange best practices in areas like prevention of Air and water pollution; Waste management; Promotion of circular economy, low-carbon solutions and sustainable management of natural resources including forests; Climate change; Conservation of Marine and Coastal Resources; etc.
The MoU was signed virtually by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change from the Indian side and Ms Krista Mikkonen, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Government of Finland from the Finnish side.
Speaking at the event Shri Javadekar said that the MoU also provides the possibility to have joint projects in areas of mutual interest. “This MOU will definitely commits us to work together more closely towards on the fulfilment of commitments made under Paris Agreement.”, said the Environment Minister.
Shri Javadekar also informed that India has achieved its voluntary target of reducing emissions intensity of its GDP by 21% over 2005 levels, by 2020 and is poised to achieve 35% reduction well before the target year of 2030.
As part of its Nationally Determined Contributions submitted under the Paris Agreement , India has taken three quantitative climate change goals viz. reduction in the emissions intensity of Gross Domestic Product by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, achieving about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030 and creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
The MoU will strengthen technological, scientific and management capabilities and develop bilateral cooperation in the field of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation on the basis of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit with due respect to promotion of sustainable development.
Ministry of Textiles
State Governments to send their proposals for PM MITRA Parks Scheme by 15th March,2022
Extension in date of filing of Application under the Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for Textilesfrom 31st January 2022 to 14 February, 2022.
The PM MITRA Parks Scheme shall be implemented on pan-India basis and is intended for holistic development of the Textile sector. Selection of the location of PM MITRA parks will be on the basis of challenge method, once the proposal is received from interested State Governments. The State Governments have been requested to send their proposals with relevant documents by 15.03.2022.
The Government has approved Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for Textiles with a budgetary outlay of ₹10,683 crore for promotion of Man-Made Fibre Apparel, MMF Fabrics and products of Technical Textiles. Benefits of PLI will be available to eligible companies in PM MITRA parks also. However the Competitive Incentive Support  under PM MITRA Parks Scheme will only be available to those manufacturing companies who are not availing benefits of Production Linked Incentive  for Textile Scheme. Application for registration under PLI scheme is being received on the online portal of PLI scheme which was initially opened from 1st January 2022 to 31st January 2022 has now extended upto 14.02.2022.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. DarshanaJardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Bureau of Police Research and Development  to celebrate its Golden Jubilee Anniversary on 28th August, 2020
The Bureau of Police Research and Development is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Anniversary tomorrow, i.e., 28th August, 2020. Sh. G Kishan Reddy, MoS Home, has consented to be the Chief Guest and Sh. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Home Secretary, MHA, will be the Guest of Honour. Due to the Corona pandemic, the function will be conducted on virtual mode. The function will be viewed by the BPR&D Hqrs., its outlying units, States’ Police and CAPFs through the video link provided for this purpose.
The Bureau of Police Research and Development was raised on 28th August, 1970, through a resolution of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, with a mandate to promote excellence in policing, promote speedy and systematic study of police problems, apply science and technology in the method and techniques by the Police. The Bureau was initially started with two Divisions, i.e., Research, Publication & Statistics Division and Development Division. In 1973, the Training Division was added, on the recommendation of the Gore Committee on Police training. In 1995, Correctional Division was started to study the issues of Prisons and Prison Reforms. In 2008, the National Police Mission was added and Development Division was restructured as Modernization Division.
Over the years, the BPR&D has transformed through several additions of responsibilities into the present role. Now, with the raising of a new unit, Central Academy for Police Training at Bhopal, specialized as Centre of Excellence for Police & Correctional Administration, BPR&D has 6 outlying units.
The contribution of the BPR&D to Indian Police has been aptly summed up by Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah on its 49th Foundation Day, while ushering the Bureau into its 50th year of existence:
“बी. पी. आर. एण्ड डी. के बगैर अच्छी पुलिसिंग की कल्पना नहीं हो सकती”

The journey of BPR&D, over the last 5 decades, has been spectacular as it has played a vital role in shaping the Indian Police. It has prepared the Police Forces through its training interventions and capacity building programmes, through research and National Mission projects, through various modernization initiatives to keep the Police Forces in pace with latest change and challenges. In the last 5 years, BPR&D has focussed on capacity building of the police officials and has trained about 55,000 Officers and men.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between Permanent Mission of India to the WTO, Centre for Trade and Investment Law  and Centre for Trade and Economic Integration 
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding  between Permanent Mission of India to the WTO , Centre for Trade and Investment Law  of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and Centre for Trade and Economic Integration  within The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
Benefits:
The MoU with CTEI of The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva will provide valuable academic and research opportunities to the employees of CTIL and the Department of Commerce in the field of international trade and investment law. In addition, capacity-building programmes or activities will be carried out under the MoU to enhance the understanding of the DOC officials, CTIL researchers and academics on contemporary issues of international trade and build support for India’s positions in international trade and investment law.
The proposed collaborations under the MoU with CTEI are academic in nature under which the researchers and academicians from India, including employees from CTIL and Department of Commerce and other government agencies would benefit from capacity-building and research-oriented activities. This would be beneficial to formulating India’s positions on various issues on international trade negotiations and dispute settlement.
Details:
The collaboration between academicians, practitioners, jurists, policy makers, and students from India, Switzerland and other countries would help create a technical and nuanced understanding of emerging and new areas of international trade and investment law and related disciplines. The MoU will remain in force for three years.
Ministry of Coal
Coal India Limited Supplied 532.41 Million Ton Coal up to 26 Jan, 2022
The major challenges of supply of coal during the current fiscal are as under:
- Un-seasonal and extended Rainfall in the coal bearing areas.
- Surge in Covid-19 cases/ State Lockdown during the second and third wave of Covid pandemic in India.
- Non-Payment of commensurate Coal value along with huge outstanding dues by Power Sector consumers.
- Frequent Labour/ Industrial Relation  issues in the Coal fields.
- Land acquisition issues.
The grade conformation of the coal supplies to power utilities and weighted average Gross Calorific Value  of coal during the last two years has improved as appended below. Besides, Plant Load Factor  of power plants has also increased during this period.
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Year
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Grade conformity in terms of dispatched coal to power utilities 
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Weighted average GCV of coal dispatched from CIL Subsidiaries to power utilities

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Plant Load Factor  of Thermal power plants as per Ministry of Power website
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Specific coal consumption 
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2020-21
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62.8
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4102
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53.37
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0.65
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2021-22 
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64.5
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4230
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57.16
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0.65
There is no shortage of supply of coal from Coal India Limited  sources, being the single largest supplier of domestic coal in India. CIL has provided coal supplies to the tune of 532.41 Million tonnes  during the current fiscal , in comparison to last year same period figures of 453.98 MT achieving a growth of about 17%.
Moreover, in the current fiscal, against the pro-rated demand of 439.37 MT by Central Electricity Authority  , CIL has supplied coal to the tune of 432.90 MT  to the power sector, thereby achieving a materialization of about 99% in comparison to last year same period figures of 351.57 Million tonnes, achieving a growth of 23% over last year same period.
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shortage of Essential Medicines
The production and availability of essential medicines, which are included as Schedule-I of the Drugs Prices Control Order, 2013 are monitored by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority  through Drugs Control Administration of the State Governments. The manufacturers of scheduled formulations are also required to submit quarterly returns of production / import of scheduled formulation and their bulk drugs/active pharmaceutical ingredients. Regular surveys of chemists shops are conducted by the officials of the Drug Controller General  and the Price Monitoring and Resource Units  set-up in 22 States/UTs by NPPA. Whenever shortage is reported by the State Drug Controllers or when the matter comes to the notice of NPPA, remedial steps are taken for ensuring availability of drug by impressing upon manufacturers to rush the stocks to the places of shortage. However, no reports have been received recently by NPPA regarding scarcity of essential medicines in the country.
In order to make the country Atmanirbhar in pharmaceutical sector, the Department of Pharmaceuticals has launched the ‘Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for promotion of domestic manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials / Drug Intermediates  and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ’ with a total financial outlay of Rs. 6,940 cr. In total, 49 applicants have been approved under the scheme, out of which 8 projects have already been commissioned. Another ‘Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Pharmaceuticals’ has been launched by the Department with total financial outlay of Rs. 15,000 cr. to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities by increasing investment and production in the sector. In total, 55 applications have been approved under the scheme. Further, the Department has launched a scheme for ‘Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks’ with a total financial outlay of Rs. 3,000 cr.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Bhagwanth Khuba in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
NIPER-Guwahati designs innovative 3D products to fight COVID-19
Manufacturing of these products being done in collaboration with HAL
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Guwahati  have come out with two products of help in the fight against the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 .
The first product is a 3D-printed hands-free object that could be used to help open or close doors, windows, drawers , and refrigerator handle, or press elevator buttons, and laptop/desktop keyboards, including turning the switch buttons on/off. The researchers came up with the design for the fabrication of the 3D-printed object after detailed analyses of several resources for risk measurement and on how viruses spread through bare hands. The face shield is also easy to design and it is possible to have rapid development of prototypes. It is also low cost, easy to wear, has good chemical stability, non-fragile and is easy to clean with the existing sanitizers or any alcoholic disinfectant.
The second product is a 3D-printed antimicrobial face-shield to control the spread of novel coronavirus. It was designed after a thorough study to understand how viruses spread through oral, ophthalmic, olfactory and other body cavities
NIPERs are Centres of Excellence institutes of under the Department of Pharmaceutical, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. The seven institutes are functional at Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Hajipur, Kolkata, Guwahati, Mohali, and Raebareli.
A meeting was held through video conferencing yesterday under the chairmanship of Dr P D Vaghela, Secretary, Pharmaceuticals new delhi to review NIPERS performance in research & innovation activities especially with regard to the ways in which NIPERs have and can contribute in country’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
All the directors and chairman took part in the meeting, , Dr. U.S.N Murty, Director, NIPER-Guwahati,informed that NIPER-G endeavored to help the country in fighting coronavirus through quick validated prototype/product development and deployment. “NIPER-G is committed to provide useful contributions cum solutions”.He said that NIPER –G has also made a skin friendly herbal sanitizer. He informed that industrial scale manufacturing of its new products are being done in collaboration with Hindustan Antibiotics Limited , a departmental PSU.
Doors, windows, switch buttons, elevator buttons, drawers handle, refrigerator handle, and laptop/desktop keyboards are some of the most germ-infested objects in houses, hospitals, factories, companies, institutes, organizations, and other buildings. In this current situation of pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, this aspect may play a key role in transmitting infection from one person to another through bare hand contacts or contaminated surface source.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 521
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 196.30 Crore
More than 11 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 196.30 Crore  today. More than 11 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10408334
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
10056699
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
5539449
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
18422103
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
17612777
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
9659032
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
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|
1st Dose
|
|
35807773
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
21258790
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
60122236
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
47814083
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
557917923
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
498100493
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
2083252
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
203389295
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
192708014
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
2123117
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
127208331
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
120321469
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
22472662
|
|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
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|
1013275995
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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|
907872325
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Precaution Dose
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|
41877512
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|
Total
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|
1963025832
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 20th June, 2022 
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HCWs
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|
1st Dose
|
|
49
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
769
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
14465
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
151
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1238
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
53733
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
66016
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
186604
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
26408
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
80746
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
27630
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
297799
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
49450
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
4064
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
64925
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
28183
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
4107
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
45746
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
179244
|
|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
|
|
128425
|
|
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
|
|
677827
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
325075
|
|
Total
|
|
1131327
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Cooperation
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah has taken an important decision to facilitate filing of claims by the people living in villages and remote areas on CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal
Common Service Centers  will assist depositors of Sahara Group of Cooperative Societies in filing their claim on CRCS- Sahara Refund Portal https://mocrefund.crcs.gov.in
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah has taken an important decision to facilitate filing of claims by the people living in villages and remote areas on CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal. In the process of providing refund to the genuine depositors of Cooperative Societies of Sahara Group, Common Service Centers  will assist them in filing their claims on CRCS- Sahara Refund Portal. Shri Amit Shah launched the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies -Sahara Refund Portal https://mocrefund.crcs.gov.in in New Delhi on 18th July, 2023.
More than 5.5 Lakh Common Service Centres spread all over the Country are providing more than 300 e-Services equipped with required facilities of Internet connectivity, Computer, Printer, and Scanner etc. at their Centers. Genuine depositors may also take assistance from their nearest CSC in filing their claims on the CRCS- Sahara Refund Portal.
CSC-SPV has intimated all its Village Level Entrepreneurs  to help the genuine depositors of Sahara and has enabled its system to facilitate the filing of claims by individuals through Common Service Centers.
CRCS- Sahara Refund Portal has been developed for submission of claims by genuine depositors of Cooperative Societies of Sahara Group - Sahara Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Saharayan Universal Multipurpose Society Limited, Hamara India Credit Cooperative Society Limited and Stars Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited. Depositors can also submit their claims on the CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal through the Ministry's Website https://cooperation.gov.in. Tutorial videos are also available on the website for the convenience of the depositors.
Ministry of Home Affairs
MHA issues SOPs for movement of Indian Nationals stranded outside the country, as well as, for those persons stranded in India who are desirous to travel abroad for urgent reasons
Union Ministry of Home Affairs , on 01.05.2020, issued an Order and respective guidelines under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to extend the lockdown for a further period of 2 weeks w.e.f. May 4, 2020. In order to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, international travel of passengers has been prohibited under MHA’s Orders related to lockdown measures.
As per information available, many Indian Nationals who had travelled to different countries before the lockdown, on various purposes such as employment, studies/ internships, tourism, business, etc., are stranded abroad. Due to their prolonged stay abroad, they are facing distress and are desirous of returning to India urgently. Apart from the above cases, there are other Indian Nationals who need to visit India in medical emergencies or death of a family member. Also, many persons are stranded in India who desirous to travel abroad urgently for various purposes.
In order to facilitate the movement of such persons, the Ministry has today issued Standard Operating Protocols , for movement of Indian Nationals stranded outside the country and of specified persons to travel abroad, to Ministries/Departments of Government of India, State/Union Territory Governments and State/ Union Territory Authorities with the directions for its strict implementation.
Click here to see the MHA Order and SOPs